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RAI Sessions

Rafiki Art Initiatives

A Rafiki Art Initiatives podcast dedicated to uplifting and amplifying BIPOC voices in the art sphere across the Nordics.

7 - On the Art in and of Diaspora - Pt. I
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  • 7 - On the Art in and of Diaspora - Pt. I

    In this first of a two-part session, Ro meets with Ayesha T. Jordan (https://www.ayeshajordan.com/) and Jelsen Lee Innocent (https://jelsenjelsenjelsen.com/) in their home in Oslo for a deep, yet fun and lighthearted, discussion about doing art while in diaspora, navigating the Norwegian art scene as U.S. Americans, and finding ways to build community, connect with the land, and stay grounded through it all. Please enjoy, and tune back in next week for Part II!

    Wed, 20 Nov 2024 - 1h 05min
  • 6 - On Weaving Community

    In this RAI Session we meet with Nkuli Mlangeni-Berg (https://www.theninevites.com/about), and explore her wonderful textile artistic practice, while weaving the threads between family, home, belonging, motherhood, and forging global community while navigating the Swedish and Nordic cultural sphere.

    Wed, 13 Nov 2024 - 51min
  • 5 - On Power, Protest, and Place

    This RAI session centres on the interrelationship of power, protest, and our places within these frames. We speak with the multigeneric artist, poet, and activist, Makda Embaie (https://www.instagram.com/makawayy/). Makda's poetic interrogations of time and space root those who experience and participate in her work in immense depth of engagement with the truths of relationship and political context.

    Wed, 06 Nov 2024 - 45min
  • 4 - On Collaboration, Exhibition, and Unpolished Time

    In this RAI Session, the prolific interdisciplinary artist Cauleen Smith (https://www.cauleensmith.com/) joins us in Oslo during the close of her exhibition The Deep West Assembly. Enjoy this conversation full of laughter and talk of what it is to collaborate and exhibit the world over, rocks, and time.

    Wed, 30 Oct 2024 - 1h 13min
  • 3 - On Sovereignty, Academe, and Resistance

    In this session, Ro meets with the prolific multimedia artist and scholar Sissel M. Bergh (https://sisselmbergh.net/) for a conversation centering on the land, on sovereignty, and what resistance can look like in academia and elsewhere.

    Wed, 23 Oct 2024 - 1h 19min
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